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Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers? Mike Halloran #753938 02/16/23 09:49 AM Songwriting
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 1,378 Sillie Con Valley, California Mike Halloran Expert
Mike Halloran Expert Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 1,378 Sillie Con Valley, California	Bottom line and answering the OP: Many in the industry will not accept an unpublished Work (Songwriter demo, script, screenplay etc.) with any kind of Copyright notice on it. It is considered amateurish at best and a possible setup for a lawsuit at worst. Since copyright notices are not required, even if registered, don't make that mistake. If concerned about being ripped off i. e. someone claiming your Work as his/her own, then register it with someone. The LOC accepts up to 10 on a Form PA or SR with PA box checked (do not check the box for Published). Again, there are 3rd party companies that do this and, if you're a prolific songwriter, you'll save a lot of money. The Writers Guild has been registering scripts for over 95 years. They don't so songs but, if you want to see how 3rd party protection works, their web site is most informative. WGA West Registry BIAB 2024 Audiophile, 24Core/60CoreGPU Core M2 MacStudioUltra/8TB/192GB Sonoma, M1 MBAir, 2012 MBP Digital Performer11, LogicPro Finale27/Dorico/Encore/SmartScorePro64/Notion/Overture

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Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/15/23 09:09 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Brad Williams	02/15/23 09:34 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/16/23 04:28 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/16/23 04:49 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/17/23 10:41 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/17/23 08:13 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/18/23 11:18 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/18/23 05:08 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Brad Williams	02/22/23 03:59 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/23/23 07:13 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/15/23 10:46 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	rayc	02/16/23 12:29 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	02/21/23 09:02 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	02/22/23 08:06 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	02/22/23 11:57 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/22/23 07:37 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/23/23 05:05 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/25/23 02:35 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	David Snyder	02/16/23 12:37 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	02/16/23 06:28 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Jim Fogle	02/16/23 04:59 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/16/23 06:15 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/17/23 12:09 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/17/23 06:23 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/17/23 06:46 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	trapper456	03/13/23 12:23 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Jim Fogle	02/17/23 11:31 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/18/23 05:03 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/18/23 08:15 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/19/23 07:04 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/19/23 08:21 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/21/23 12:51 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/21/23 05:02 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mullanphy	02/20/23 09:41 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/22/23 03:05 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	David Snyder	02/22/23 02:09 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/23/23 06:58 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/22/23 03:14 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/22/23 03:38 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/22/23 04:40 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/25/23 10:00 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/23/23 05:30 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Jim Fogle	02/23/23 11:46 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	02/23/23 11:50 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	02/24/23 11:08 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/24/23 06:24 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/27/23 03:21 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	David Snyder	02/26/23 12:09 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/26/23 02:15 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/27/23 04:11 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/28/23 06:01 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	06/27/23 09:55 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/28/23 07:10 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/28/23 09:24 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	03/01/23 12:47 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	03/04/23 08:29 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	03/05/23 06:29 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	03/05/23 10:20 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	03/09/23 05:53 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Henry Clarke	03/18/23 09:50 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/19/23 08:40 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/19/23 11:47 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/19/23 12:53 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/19/23 02:25 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Henry Clarke	03/19/23 03:01 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	03/18/23 10:17 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	03/19/23 01:34 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	03/19/23 02:00 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/26/23 06:46 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	rayc	03/20/23 01:34 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/20/23 07:45 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/26/23 07:51 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	03/26/23 09:06 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	03/26/23 11:11 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/26/23 12:22 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	rayc	03/20/23 09:19 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/20/23 09:41 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/20/23 10:06 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/26/23 08:45 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 02:05 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	03/26/23 11:34 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 02:56 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Charlie Fogle	03/26/23 12:09 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 01:34 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Charlie Fogle	03/26/23 01:51 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 03:20 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Charlie Fogle	03/26/23 06:14 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/26/23 02:06 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 03:04 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/26/23 06:07 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/26/23 06:21 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	03/26/23 09:06 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Henry Clarke	03/26/23 11:50 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/27/23 07:33 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/27/23 07:55 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/27/23 10:45 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Uwe Schwarz	04/04/23 06:12 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	B.D.Thomas	04/04/23 11:53 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	06/27/23 11:58 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	06/28/23 08:18 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	10/16/23 03:15 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	10/24/23 08:17 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Warren P	10/15/23 02:22 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Janice & Bud	10/15/23 01:20 PM
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Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	JohnJohnJohn	01/21/24 04:58 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	01/22/24 01:04 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Ely Bass	04/26/24 02:52 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	05/03/24 01:45 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Ely Bass	05/03/24 03:17 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	05/03/24 01:50 PM
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Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	trapper456	01/20/24 07:41 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	01/20/24 09:26 PM
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Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	05/14/24 09:45 PM
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